Kurt Roper was embarrassed by the number of sacks South Carolina gave up last year. He can only imagine how embarrassed his former boss and veteran quarterback guru David Cutcliffe was for him.
“Our numbers in sacks were astronomical from what I’m used to,” said Roper, the Gamecocks second-year offensive coordinator.
In Roper’s first season at the helm of the offense, the Gamecocks were last in the SEC and 119th in the nation in sacks allowed with 3.15 per game. Only four SEC teams in the last nine years have given up more.
Must have been a really rough year for the offensive line, huh?